Stage and Movie
Frank Langella began his career as a theater actor, worked with theater companies in the East Coast and the Mid-West. In 1963, he made his debut in the New York theater arena playing a lead role in an Off-Broadway revival of The Immoralist.
In 1970, Langella made his film debut in American comedy-drama film, Diary of a Mad Housewife as George Prager. The same year, he portrayed the lead character Ostap Bender in American comedy film, The Twelve Chairs, written and directed by Mel Brooks.
Langella starred as Count Dracula in the 1977 stage play drama, Dracula, which earned him a lot of appreciation, and the play received more accolades than expected. In 1979, he portrayed the same role in British American-horror film, Dracula, but the film was not a commercial success.
In 1993, Langella appeared as Bob Alexander in American political comedy film, Dave. He then played in the films Junior (1994), Lolita (1997), The Ninth Gate (1999) among others.
In 1987, Langella portrayed the character Skeletor in an American science fantasy film, Masters of the Universe, and in 1988, he acted in the movie And God Created Woman.
During the 2000s, Langella portrayed several roles in movies such as Sweet November and House of D. He was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance in 2005 American historical drama film, Good Night, and Good Luck.
In 2006, Langella appeared as Perry White in American superhero film, Superman Returns. His roles in Starting Out in the Evening received immense critical acclaim and a lot of nominations including Satellite Award for Best Actor and Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male.
Langella won African-American Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast and was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actor among many other wins and nomination for his performances in 2008 British-American historical drama film, Frost/Nixon.
Langella then appeared in a number of movies such as The Tale of Despereaux (2008), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Robot & Frank (2012), Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2014), and Captain Fantastic (2016) among others.
Television Series
Frank Langella appeared in an episode of 1965 television series, The Trials of O’Brien as Michael Romani. He played the uncredited role as Minister Jaro Essa in 1993 science fiction television series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, starring Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and others.
From 2015 and 2017, Langella starred in American period drama television series, The Americans as Gabriel. He also lent his voice to the character Commodore Francis Stoat in an episode of American adult animated sitcom, American Dad!.
Some of his television credits include The Mark of Zorro, CBS Summer Playhouse, Jason and the Argonauts, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, and All the Way among others. He also voiced in 2017 ’s video game, Destiny 2.
Langella’s upcoming project is American comedy-drama television series, Kidding as Seb, alongside Jim Carrey, and Catherine Keener. Moreover, he will also be seen in the sixth and final season of The Americans, which will premier in March 2018.
Frank Langella’s Books
Frank Langella is also an author of two books. His first book, Frank Langella’s Cyrano: An Adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac was published in 1999.
In 2012, Langella published his second book Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them, where he wrote about a good deal about his interactions with many famous people, mostly from the entertainment industry.
